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Author, ex-KCA chairman Dr Zafar Hassan dies

LAHORE: Veteran writer and researcher Dr Zafar Hassan died of coronavirus yesterday. He was 83. He was battling...

Published 23 Jun, 2020 03:12am

Pakistan

Budget 2020-21: Punjab given Rs 479 billion less under NFC Award: PPP leader

LAHORE: Pakistan People's Party Parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly Syed Hassan Murtaza claimed on Friday that...

Updated 20 Jun, 2020 05:46am

Pakistan

PTI-led Punjab government reduced development budged by 17 percent, says Hamza

LAHORE: Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz Sharif said on Thursday that during the two years...

Published 19 Jun, 2020 03:27am

Epaper

Rs 2.24 trillion Punjab budget unveiled

LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakhat on Monday presented the Punjab budget for the fiscal...

Published 16 Jun, 2020 03:37am

Business & Finance

No relief for textile industry in budget, say industrialists

LAHORE: Expressing their views on Budget 2020-21, industrialists of textile and export oriented sector said no ...

Published 14 Jun, 2020 03:09am

Business & Finance

Economic survey: A story of missed targets, conflicting performance: IPR

LAHORE: "This fiscal year too, the economy missed most of the targets," says a review by the Institute for Policy...

Published 13 Jun, 2020 03:31am

Pakistan

Punjab PA passes Curriculum and Text Book Board (Amendment) Bill 2020

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Punjab Curriculum and Text Book Board (Amendment) Bill...

Published 10 Jun, 2020 03:05am

Pakistan

Uplift of agriculture sector: Elahi criticises Punjab government measures

LAHORE: Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervez Elahi on Monday showed his dissatisfaction on the measures taken by...

Published 09 Jun, 2020 03:06am

Markets

Government urged to utilise LNG in power sector

LAHORE: Pakistan may take advantage of low spot prices and boost Liquefied Natural Gad (LNG) imports to meet the...

Published 07 Jun, 2020 03:13am

Opinion

A case for cultural appreciation

ARTICLE: It's easy to shout out allegations on social media. Anyone and everyone can state their opinion...

Published 07 Jun, 2020 03:13am

Pakistan

Poultry, livestock absolutely safe from Covid-19: UVAS

LAHORE: Calling it absolutely fake and misleading news, the vice chancellor of University of Veterinary and Animal...

Updated 07 Jun, 2020 03:34am

Pakistan

Shortage of petrol witnessed on third day of Eid in Lahore

Several areas of Lahore continued to face the shortage of petrol and diesel on the second and third day of Eid.

Published 27 May, 2020 12:06am

Pakistan

Punjab PA passes resolution on Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat

The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution on Protection of Sanctity of Namoos-e-Risalat (Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat). The resolution was tabled by PML-Q MPA Hafiz Ammar Yasir.

Published 13 May, 2020 12:07am

Pakistan

Punjab Assembly passes two bills

Taking advantage of the session convened on the requisition of the opposition Punjab government on Monday successfully passed The Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab Amendment Bill) 2020 and The Punjab Village Panchayats and Neighbourhood Councils (Amendme

Published 12 May, 2020 12:06am

Pakistan

Punjab government lays 7 ordinances in PA

The Punjab government laid The Punjab Infectious Diseases (Prevention and Control) Ordinance 2020, The Punjab Local Government (Amendment) Ordinances 2020, The Punjab Village Panchayats and Neighbourhood Councils (Amendment) Ordinance 2020, The Stamp (Ame

Published 09 May, 2020 12:06am

Buzdar allows textile industry, allied supply chain to resume operations

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has allowed the textile industry and its allied complete supply chain to resume its operations in the lager interest of saving the country's largest export oriented sector.

Updated 03 May, 2020 04:51am

Pakistan

HRCP report asks government to reorient the economy

The report on state of human rights in Pakistan suggests that government needs to reorient the economy towards increased productivity and gainful employment for all.

Published 02 May, 2020 12:08am

Pakistan

No executive director of HEC for three years

The appointment of permanent executive director of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has become a serious issue for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government which claims that education sector is its priority.

Published 28 Apr, 2020 11:42pm

Pakistan

2846 child abuse cases reported in 2019: report

According to the report released on Tuesday by Sahil there were 2846 child abuse cases reported from all four provinces including Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit Baltistan (GB) in 2019.

Published 22 Apr, 2020 02:52am

Business & Finance

1st January till 30th June 2020: SBP urged to waive off mark-up of ginning sector

Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has appealed to the Governor State Bank of Pakistan to waive up the mark-up of the ginning sector of first two quarters (1st January till 30th June 2020) to minimize the effects of Covid-19.

Published 18 Apr, 2020 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 23	278.69
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 23	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 23	156.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 23	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 23	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
India Sensex / Dec 23	78,595.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 23	39,161.34
Hang Seng / Dec 23	19,857.04
FTSE 100 / Dec 23	8,068.16
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,830.32

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 23	69.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 23	2,632.38
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 23	68.96
Petrol/Litre / Dec 24	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.83 ▲ 0.92 (15.57%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.75 ▲ 0.36 (10.62%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.39 (10.37%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	36.60 ▼ -4.07 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.01 ▼ -1.33 (-8.67%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6 ▼ -0.54 (-8.26%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.46 ▼ -0.93 (-8.17%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 23 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.45 ▼ -0.65 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,327,753 ▲ 0.92
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.37
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,585,180 ▲ 1.96
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	35,015,764 ▲ 1.32
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,026,526 ▲ 2.58
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.26

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